Docip's Weekly News No. 466
26.09.2025
SEPTEMBER 28 - OCTOBER 4, 2025
September 8 - October 3, 2025, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
September 22 - October 2, 2025, Palais Wilson, Geneva, Switzerland
DEADLINES
Submission of written information by NGOs to the pre-sessional working group for the 94th session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
- Deadline: September 29, 2025
- List of issues: Cook Islands - List of issues prior to reporting: Brunei Darussalam, Cameroon, Croatia, Eswatini, Ghana, India, Liberia, Madagascar, Sierre Leone, Vanuatu
Call for proposals for the 2026 Indigenous Youth Fellowship (Cultural Survival)
Call for inputs: UN report on "Raising their voices: human rights defenders respond to the human rights crisis"
NGO contributions to the stakeholder report for UPR 52 (May 4 - 15, 2026)
- Countries: Namibia, Niger, Mozambique, Estonia, Paraguay, Belgium, Denmark, Palau, Somalia, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Latvia, Sierra Leone, Singapore
- Deadline: October 10, 2025
Submission of written information by NGOs to the 83rd session of the Committee against Torture
- Deadline: October 13, 2025
- Consideration of State Reports: Albania, Argentina, Bahrain, Israel - List of issues prior to reporting: Australia, Chad, El Salvador, Malawi, Nigeria, Somalia, Uganda
Call for applications: OHCHR Indigenous Fellowship Program 2026 - Portuguese speaking countries
2026 UN Water Conference - Second Global Online Stakeholder Consultation
Submission of written information by NGOs to the 116th session of the Committee on the elimination of racial discrimination
- Deadline: October 20, 2025
- Consideration of State Reports: Burundi, Guatemala, Maldives, New Zealand, Sweden, Tunisia - List of issues prior to reporting: Japan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Panama, Tonga
Call for inputs: Report on freedom of religion or belief in relation to death and the honouring of the deceased
NEW: Call for applications of the UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples: Permanent Forum (UNPFII) and Expert Mechanism (EMRIP) 2026
Submission of written information by NGOs to the 41st session of the Committee on Migrant Workers
- Deadline: November 1, 2025
- Consideration of State Reports: Honduras, Indonesia, Mauritania - List of issues: Colombia - List of issues prior to reporting: Albania, Uganda
NEW: Call for inputs: Thematic study on Indigenous Peoples Free, Prior and Informed Consent, Business and Human Rights
NEW: Call for inputs: UN report on agri-business, food security and human rights
Call for inputs: UN Report on addressing the challenges and barriers to the full realization of the human rights of the people of the Marshall Islands stemming from the State’s nuclear legacy
FUTURE EVENTS
November 3 - 7, 2025, Geneva, Switzerland
November 3 - 14, 2025, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
- Website
- States under review: Belarus, Liberia, Malawi, Mongolia, Panama, Maldives, Andorra, Bulgaria, Honduras, United States of America, Marshall Islands, Croatia, Jamaica, Libya
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
- Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples: End-of-Mission Statement for his Official Country Visit to Botswana (English)
- Is Global Funding Reaching Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and Local Community Women? (English)
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